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It's the most charming thing about humans. You are all so sure that the lesser animals are bleeding with envy because they didn't have the good fortune to be born Homo sapiens. (Orson Scott Card)
Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak, and he didn't like his own kind either, the smart against the stupid. View quote
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When you have a good romance, find ways to make their lives miserable and hellish... Do you think 'Titanic' would have been so popular if they had both lived? Not a prayer. View quote
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yesterday someone sent a message that was signed GOD! bernard said. really? dap said. i didn't know he was signed onto the system. View quote
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If desire did not dim the brain, nobody would ever get married, drunk, or fat. View quote
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Nobodys life ever goes according to plan. So why do we keep on planning? Because that's how we know who we are. By what we intend to be. By what we try to become. And fail. I don't say 'fail'. I saw we aim and miss. But we still hit something. View quote
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Human: That's stupid. Isn't there grass on both sides? View quote
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We've devoted our lives to learning about them!" Miro said. Ender stopped. "Not from them. View quote
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Quim," she said, "don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a map. View quote
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Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they're telling the truth, there's always something hidden behind their words. View quote
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Let me be loved like that, by a man who will not replace me with concubines when I'm old and ugly. Let me be loved by a man who loves God more than me. (Orson Scott Card)
If you asked me to marry you all over again today I'd say yes, said Valentine. And if I had only met you for the first time today, I'd ask. View quote
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The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy. View quote
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I've known too many men who never quite felt married no matter how many wives they'd been through. Their own and otherwise. View quote
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You take responsibility for us all. Without ever waiting to be told. So do all good people. That's what it means to be a good person. View quote
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We all choose our own teachers, don't we? I wonder if our choice of teacher shows anything about what our lives will be. View quote
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Even the most "Rational" people - the ones who claimed not to have a religion - were just as chauvinistic about their irreligion, sneering at and ostracizing the believers just the way the believers treated nonmembers of their own groups. It's a human universal. View quote
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What's so wrong with feeling sorry for myself? Better that than trying to get other people to feel sorry for me. View quote
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What difference does it make, whether we keep our silence because [they] force us or because we're afraid they might force us? View quote
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If there's no place in the universe for a man to resist the thieves of freedom and still be called a good man, then I don't think there is any good or evil in the universe. View quote
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That was the most terrible thing that a woman could to a decent man: look vulnerable and ask him for mercy. If he refused her he'd be denying all his instincts as a provider and protector. (Orson Scott Card)
How could I hurt her? She'd have to love me before I could do that. View quote
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You,” said Purity, "have been long enough out of England to pick up some American brag.” "But surrounded by Americans as I am,” said Cooper, "my brag is like a farthing in a sack of guineas. View quote
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We're both damaged property, I guess. Plenty of time for renovation. View quote
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You're the only one that I would be glad to be close to forever, because all your secrets are bright and good and I love you for them. View quote
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